On one holiday, these people commemorated the winter deer god shedding his horns by baking cakes in the shape of antlers. These people's healers were called ovates. In one ritual, priests of these people climbed an oak tree and sacrificed two white bulls. In one holiday of these people, Bel is reborn and impregnates his mother; that holiday is six months before their new year celebration, in which they (*) lit bonfires to celebrate the last harvest, called Samhain. These people worshipped the horse goddess Epona, and Julius Caesar described their priests practicing human sacrifice. For 10 points, name this Indo-European group, one branch of w
On one holiday, these people commemorated the winter deer god shedding his horns by baking cakes in the shape of antlers. These people's healers were called ovates. In one ritual, priests of these people climbed an oak tree and sacrificed two white bulls. In one holiday of these people, Bel is reborn and impregnates his mother; that holiday is six months before their new year celebration, in which they (*) lit bonfires to celebrate the last harvest, called Samhain. These people worshipped the horse goddess Epona, and Julius Caesar described their priests practicing human sacrifice. For 10 points, name this Indo-European group, one branch of whom went from mainland Europe to the British Isles, whose priests were known as druids.
On one holiday, these people commemorated the winter deer god shedding his horns by baking cakes in the shape of antlers.
{Celts} [or {Gauls}; or {Galli}]